No!
Yes, he did. He drove the very first NASCAR race Hendricks entered. It was a Grand Natrional race. Rick verified this when he first hired Junior. Of course Dale never went by the name Dale Earnhardt Sr. He was Dale Earnhardt his son was Dale Earnhardt Jr. Period!
No. During his career, he drove full-time for owners Rod Osterlund, JD Stacy, Bud Moore and Richard Childress.
Yes he did! When Jr. signed with Hendrick Motorsports they did an interview where Rick affirmed that Sr. did in fact race for him and won Hendrick's first race for him in 1983. Check this link out below.
Right from the horse's mouth.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. for Rick Hendrick.
No! Actually, Rick Hendrick and Dale Jr. are currently working on a contract extension, win or lose.
Currently it is DALE EARNHARDT JR!
On November 12, 2008, Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates merged to form Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing. The team is co-owned by Teresa Earnhardt, Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. The Dale Earnhardt Inc. campus is still open to visitors and owned by Teresa Earnhardt.
Kelley Earnhardt works for JR Motorsports. Kelley, along with Dale Jr., Tony Eury Jr. and Rick Hendrick, co-own JR Motorsports.
JR Motorsports is co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Rick Hendrick and Kelley Earnhardt Miller (Junior's sister).
JR Motorsports has been in a partnership with Rick Hendrick since Junior joined Hendrick Motorsports in 2008. JR Motorsports is owned by Dale Jr., Rick Hendrick, Tony Eury Jr. (Dale Jr's cousin), and Kelley Earnhardt (Dale Jr's sister). The team uses Hendrick Motorsports engines in the Nationwide Series.
The #88 car in the Nationwide Series is owned by JR Motorsports.JR Motorsports is co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr, Rick Hendrick and Dale Jr's sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller.
Dale Jr did not win the rookie of the year award. Earnhardt, Jr. competed for the Raybestos NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award in 2000. His primary competitor for the award was Matt Kenseth. Kenseth outran Junior in the season-opening Daytona 500. Earnhardt, Jr. scored wins at the Texas Motor Speedway and Richmond International Raceway. He also become the first rookie to win the All-Star exhibition race. Kenseth ultimately scored a 42-point victory in the rookie race.
Jeff Gordon drives for Hendrick Motorsports (Rick Hendrick, Owner), alongside Jimmie Johnson (#48), Kasey Kahne (#5), and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88). Gordon has driven for Hendrick Motorsports since 1992.
Dale Jr. owns nothing of DEI. Dale Jr. was looking for a 50/50 partnership with his stepmother, Theresa Earnhardt back in 2007. When that didn't work out, Dale left and went to Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.
Rick Hendrick was most famous for being the owner of the American NASCAR team "Hendrick Motorsports." You can find out more information about Rick Hendrick online at the Wikipedia.